Barclays sets aside extra £800m for forex-rigging probe

Barclays has set aside an extra £800m to cover the costs of a probe into foreign exchange rate-rigging, its latest results reveal.
The bank said it has earmarked the extra cash to cover forex investigations and litigation, taking the total set aside to £2.05bn. In March Barclays said it estimated it would need an extra £750m to cover...
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